World No.1 Tennis player Rafael Nadal registered his 20 consecutive win on clay court as he defeated Gael Monfils of France by 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday at the Madrid Open.

Unseeded Bertens, who reached the French Open semis two years ago, recovered from losing the first set to win 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 and set up a semi-final with Caroline Garcia who eased past local hopeful Carla Suarez Navarro.

This was Nadal's 14th win in a row on clay this season and he has broken another huge Open era record, winning his 50th consecutive set on clay to pass John McEnroe who claimed 49 on the carpet back in 1984, in one of the greatest Open era seasons.

In another men's singles clash, Canadian tennis star Milos Raonic will take on Israel's Denis Shapovalov for a last-eight berth, while fifth-seed Dominic Thiem of Austria will lock horns with Croatia's Borna Coric.

"When my career is over, these are things that are going to be there for always". But I've done it. Let's not talk about that any more and let's continue on what we have ahead, " he said.

Nadal has now won 21 consecutive matches on the red dirt after another stunning exhibition in his homeland, Schwartzman putting up a strong fight but failing to deny the Spaniard another entry into the record books.

Russian former world No.1 Sharapova has shown only flashes of the play that has earned her five grand slam titles since returning from a doping ban a year ago.

The women's defending champions and top seed, Simona Halep brushed past qualifier Krystina Pliskova 6-1, 6-4 in just 75 minutes, but the second seed Caroline Wozniacki surprisingly lost 6-2, 6-2 to Kiki Bertens, who is now ranked 21st in the world.

He will now face South Africa's Kevin Anderson, who overcame Philipp Kohlschreiber.

"I missed in some important moments, that's why it went her way but I'm not very disappointed about this match".

Halep said: "Today she didn't miss".

Nadal must have forgotten what it feels like to go to the distance, though, and a double fault from Schwartzman put the Mallorca native back in front and he was jumping for joy after serving out the match to make history.

This is reportedly made in 8 nm LPP process which means it will consume 10 per cent less battery power, reports claimed. And now a new leaked image confirms some of its specifications along with a new chipset called the Snapdragon 730 .

Comcast's all-cash offer of $60 billion doesn't necessarily mean that it has the edge over Disney's lower, stock-heavy bid . Fox originally bid for the majority share in Sky it doesn't already own with plans to turn it around and sell it to Disney.

However, it is clear that more funding will be needed if the Government's trial of a four-week waiting time target is to succeed. But our report out today from the Education and Health and Social Care Committees says its strategy lacks ambition.

It was a great opportunity for a struggling youngster to try to find his rhythm without any pressure before the next series. In the first three games of the series, Hood scored a combined total of two points on 1-of-9 shooting over 39 minutes.

The alliance imposed a total blockade on Yemen's ports earlier this year in retaliation for the rebel missile attacks. Saudi Arabia said it would work with other producers to lessen the impact of any shortage in oil supplies.

The news represents a coup for the mayor of London Sadiq Khan, who has been pushing to make his city the "capital of world sport". Henry said his team and the Yankees had been discussing the possibility of playing in London for several years.

In the game prior, the Warriors came out flat and found themselves defeated by the Pelicans, preventing a sweep from occurring. Pelicans star Anthony Davis put up 26 points and 12 rebounds and was a ideal 10 for 10 from the free-throw line.

Vegas was so responsible with the puck in Game 6 that San Jose had trouble gaining possession for a majority of the night. Games 1 and 5 will be televised on the Las Vegas NBC affiliate KSNV-3, and the rest of the games will be shown on NBCSN.

The other signatories' criticism of Trump's announcement was unanimous, worded more or less strongly, depending on the country. Based on the list price, the American aerospace company has deals worth $20 billion to sell airplanes to Iranian airlines.

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